Garbage can



Jan. 1o, 192s. 1,656,053

S. K. FRANK `GARBAGE CAN Filed July 23, 1925 ft-gl.. fg E 3 li ll ldaientod Jan. lil, i923.

UIN l T E D S T A. S

` 1,656,053 im'inn'i" oFFlciii.

.llpnlieationfiled July 1825.

'lhie4 invention i'elatee biro-idly to gai'bage receptacles, and it han lor i nary object to piovide a can-lille containce ,t'rjzi gnii'lmgje, aehee and the like, hai'intg a rover 'which is melf-cloning? and which ie readily detachable nflien occasion requires. ne toi' i'enioyal ot the conti-n ile ie generally iecogifiiaed. it iii highly deexable that @alliage cane and liliic con- Vtainere posiz-bee cinfoi'e nfliiijrli, tollo.'.ving; eloyal/ion or oponiiigg ifor intiodnction in the can oi garbage or other torni ot reinen, con notD 'through inattention oi' cai'cleeeineees, be Iei't nneeated oi open, bnl; will aiitoinatically and positively i'ceinne closely eeateil i'elelion to the can not only il'oif prevention :iccoesi oit iliee5 Termin and the lilie, but oleo lioi pre venting; the escape oli' odore; oleo which may be 'wholly detached to facilitate both domping of the contente and accese to the interior et the can body loi' cleaning.

ille hereinbeitoie indicated1 it is the aiin oi the present invention to provide a can ot 'the character mentioned Vwhich eliall possess all of the desirable features referred to.

in describing; the invention in detail, i'ei2- eifence ie herein had to the accompanying" drawings, in Wl1ich- Figure l ie a View oit iny improved can, partly in aide elevation and partly in vertical eeetion;

lllignie i?. ie a partial ci'oee eection ojt the saine on line El., Fig. l;

lliegure El ie a Similar t'raginentaiy section eliowinyy1 a inodilication;

Figures ll: and 5 aire fragmentary eectione illustrating additional inodiiicatione; ondllignro G ie en. enlarged detail section of 'the etinetnre shown in Figs. l. and 2.

Referring 'to said drawings, l, indicates a Sheet nietal can body oit a oi'in commonly employed as a reeeptocle or containf-iiI 'if-oi garbage, the Sonie being ol. cylindrical torni and provided with longitudinal cori'ngatione which teifininate at a dietance from the ton and bottoni ence et the can. Ae herein chown, a inet-al hoop or band ie located Within the upper end ot eaid body, being,r suitably attached to the latten ae by ineens ot rivets, but it is evidentthat this bend inay be employed either exteriorly o1 inteiioily oit said body.

The covecbody 3 may be of the usual, oc any other preferred., torn'i having,n a depend in@l 'flange 4: adapted to aeeuloe more or leee eloee litting relation to the top portion oit the nplrci ende ot a plurality winced vertical rode which lil` nioi'e oi' ieee clor-:oly in the d'opi'eeeione or cliannelo t3 beineen the oiiteteinlingg Vibe 'l ort the ci igeloiie olE the can body and which are de led to coones'ae 'with eoid chaninle .'toif icon; vertically Ehe cover l in elevatin@4 ani. lower-- th .Leby to in ing` nioiwineilte ofi the latteru euro that the cover., when ifeleaecd 'tollijliwing ele 7ation, Shall :iotoinatically and positively lgi-avitatc to piopei' Seating;l position in :lolly closing; relation to said body.

'lfhe njnide rode 5 are niade olf coneideiable loi th in` order that they need not be wholly mehdi-own, or disengaged :from their channele 6 when the cover is elevated to any height ordinarily required to pelinit the deposit ot retnse in the can; and7 to more eli iiectnally guard against bending oi eaid rode through rough handling1 oit the cover, a band 8 isi rigidly mounted upon their lower ende, ae ehown, Seid band having euch greater di ainet'er than the can body that it will not interfere with elevating` and lowering moyeinene thereoit with Vthe cover.

ln the niioditied etincture chown in El, the guide rode are carried by the cover ioi: engagement with eoi'ii tion channels G interim-ly ol Said bod y,v and the band ehown in. l, ie omitted.

ln lling. 4 illneti'ated a banlilte ineniber il ot which a pleite lity nnuy be rigidly inonntw ed Vvertcally on the oiterior o t the can body lb. each having; in ite outer face a loi a todi nal guide channel Gb in which the guide rolle 5 are elidable precisely effi in the corrngation channels 6 Shown in 1 and 2. This forni is adopted 1to1* lise in cosce in which the can bodice are not corrugated.

ln, Figi'. 5 ie ehown one oi a plurality o' elongated ringe 'l0 yii'ifotally inonnted on the can body l, through which ie directed rode1 5 oil enbetantially :tlattoi'nn euch i 'ind rode being` adaptciil to be eiiitabli enact-id on the can body and cover, ifi-ienectivelyu and being adapted to cooperate iter .gliidingil the cover to and lioin ite eeat. ln thie 'torni the band ilioi connecting' the rode ie omitted.

l. il can of 'the character described coinu pricing; a corrugated een body having an open upper end. a cover for eeeting upon @aid body in cloeinyg relatioi'l to said end, a

fill

(ifi

ilfl

plurality of depending guide members carried peripherally by said cover and bodily slidable in external corrugation channels in said body, said members and channels cooperating to guide said cover vertically to and from its seated position and to revent tilting ofl said @over relative to sai body, and a band carried by the lower end portions of said members.

2. Arean of the character described coinprising a corrugated can body having an open upper end, a cover for seating upon said body in closing relation to said end, said cov-er having a depending annular flange for embracing said end of tlie body, and a plurality of vertical guide rods rigidly carried by and dependingr 'from said flange, said guide rods being slidable interchangeably in any of the corrugation channels of said body and cooperating with said channel for preventing tilting o'l' said cover relative to said body ivlieu raised or lo\\ ered. 5'

3. A ean ot the character described co1uprising a can body liaving an open upper end, a detachable cover for assuming seated closing relation to said end, and means ilor guiding said cover vertici lly to and 'from its seated position, said means` comprising a plurality of vertically depending guide rods carried )Vieriplierally by said cover, and vertical guideuays provided on tbe can body in ivliicli said. rods are vertically movable, said guide rods liaving substantial portions of tlieir lengths received iu said guideivays whereby is prevented tilting movement ol tbe cover relative to tbe body \vbeu .said cover' is raised and lowered.

In testimony vvliereo't, l aflix my signa ture.

SAMUEL K. FRANK. 

